Posted on 07/18/2004 8:55:26 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
At one of the posts I was assigned to in Korea, there was a village on the west side that was very strictly off limits and had been for years. Two GIs went over there one night and raped a young girl. They were found the next morning in pieces all over the perimeter fence. When the details came out, most of the GIs thought they hade been treated with far too much mercy.
I went back and looked, I think you're right. It can only be imposed by a court.
I guess the prisons in Japan don't provide gyms, law libraries, and entertainment the way ours do in the U.S. Maybe we should adopt their way of handling criminals.
And save billions of tax dollars in the process. In many states, they are no longer allowed to make license plates. Poor criminals would have to work like most of us do. Couln't have that now could we?
I like the guy in Arizona that houses his inmantes in a tent without AC and makes them eat bologna sandwiches.
Wouldn't the felony conviction cause this guy to lose his right to vote? I realize that it was in a Japanese court, so I'm curious as to what the law is.
How dare you speak about not voting. Don't you know that 50,00 felons were denied the right to vote in Floriday in 2000? The dems were very unhappy with that. Jesse Jackson swears is racist to deny such fine US citizens their God given right to vote. Don't dare say that again(sarcasm).
What, precisely, is the theory behind banning forced labor, anyway? I can't help but think that hard, forced labor would be a fantastic deterrent. On top of that, am I the only person that's ever seen the State Department's warnings that when in a foreign country you should dot your "i"'s and cross your "t"'s because some things that aren't illegal at home are illegal abroad, and some offenses carry much higher penalties abroad than they do at home, and that when you're in a foreign country you're subjct to their laws and their judicial system? I'd be willing to bet that Singapore gets a great deterrence value out of the "DEATH TO DRUG TRAFFIKERS UNDER SINGAPORE LAW" stamped on the immigration entry card that foreigners have to fill out to get into the country.
I tried that in Vietnam, except that our chow was worse. Hey, if it's good enough for me, it's good enough for criminals.
I would like to see the comments on this string shared with our friends in Japan, especially Okinawa. Can someone arrange that?
If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
They should have thought of this before raping a Japanese girl.
Geoff Fieger. His brother Doug was the lead singer of The Knack.
Hey, whatever happened to the "Free Ted Maher" movement, anyway?
We should. Really. There was an article on this quite a few years ago. In a Japanese prison, you have ZERO leeway. You obey the guards, period, and keep your mouth shut. No luxuries. And the guards are no allowed to harm you. The result of this "extreme" discipline is that while the US has recidivism rate (rate of prisoners who return to prison) of about 40%, Japan has only 2%. Think about it. Japan has a way of making sure you don't ever want to go to prison again.
International law against working for civilian companies ??? I think a lot of telemarket sorts are working out of "US Prison system ".........??? I may be mistaken but I seem to remember stories about prisoners working for civilian firms here in the US ???
Stay safe and BTW.........Doom on this POS rapist whiner.........
Better still: ship him to Phoenix, where Sheriff Arpaio would be glad to have him as a guest at "Abu Cactus". The temperature right now is about 108.
"In some countries, including the United States, private companies use prison labor, but only with prisoner consent and for minimum wages."
The POS whiner is complaining that he was forced to work.
But since the pay was three cents an hour this would be an office in Bangalore.
That means they won't be allowed to vote. Good, that's 3 less votes for the Democrat criminal coddlers.
Personally, If I had been on the jury I would have recommended those creeps for a live re-enactment of the Bataan death march. A sharp Arisaka bayonet in the guts is good enough for any scum who forcibly raped a 12 year old little girl, I don't care what race or nationality she is.
Understand............Stay safe !!
He (Michael Griffith)was the lawyer for Ted Maher in the Edmond Safra murder
Hey, whatever happened to the "Free Ted Maher" movement, anyway?
Phil and Harpseal, can you help out with this???
I think the majority of Japanese understand that this trio is not representative of Americans in general and that Americans don't condone this kind of behavior.
The Japanese that want the U.S. military out of Okinawa and/or Japan know this too, but love to use this case as a big stick to beat the military with. It truly is their Abu Ghurayb.
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